Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-02-24
zee AmnnrcAs sxnrBrrror.


u
Aheus CUR Resources Il
On the second day OF May next thsreJ
will be opened, Ia London, an exhibition
exclusively American in character, which
in its purposes and results promises to be
of great commercial importance. While
not untler the patronage of the Cover
ment of the United States, IL will be essen- |
TALLY national In Its scope, and illustrate |
the marvellous growth of the country |
fromits early days TO the present time. The |
advance In art and science, the improve |
ments in machinery and the methods
Of agriculture, the natural products
of the soil, everything In fact that demon
strates the variety and magnitude OF our
industrial resources, and the skill and in
| genuity of our artisans, will find an appro-
| pirate place In the great picture. II will
be an exhibition calculated to arouse
l fresh interest among the capitalists and
merchants of the Old World, bring them
face TO face with progressive events that
are new and suggestive, and thus stimulate
the export trade OF the United States, and
the further development Of their natural
wealth. Such potential results are worthy
Of the efforts that practical men during
the past three years have been striving to
achieve. The story Of their iabors is
briefly told,
First, securing the necessary title as an
association under the English laws, they
leased at nominal rent some twenty
three acres in the heart of London, pene-
trated by three of its principal railways,
and promptly began the construction OF
the mammoth buildings necessary for the
display. These, in themselves, by reason of
their novelty in design and construction,
will be peculiarly attractive to engineers
and builders. The entire framework is COM
posed of steel rails such as are used on
railways, and being braoed back to back
with the T side on the exterior, then
covered with glass and corrugated iron,
they constitute a unique fire proof edifce
3 that is not only oheaply and quickly
8 erected but becomes marketable again
when taken down. Several hundred
public spirited Englishmen, represent
ing the best elements of English growth,
finding that the Yankees" as they call
us, were pushing the enterprise to rapid
i, completion, now organized great "Coun'
u Gil Of Welcome" and instead of regard
|. ing the work with jealous eyes, are gen
u erously giving to it their moral support.
! On this aide of the Atlantic, the direc
. tors are busy in making allotments Of spae,
: l
y ments have been made with steamship
Il companies for the transportation of good
y !. direct to the door of the exhibition build
a ing; and regulations have been prepared
= which furnish to the intending exhibitor
70 all desirable information on the subject
. The latter may be had from the mail
y offices, 702 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
= or from Mr.. John Gilmer Speed, Score
\, tary of the exhibition, Stewart Building
New York.
y Among the prominent features of th
u vast display will be those presented b
~ several of the great railways of America
illustrating their methods Of construction
- the comfort and completeness of whie
y are the admiration of travellers; and show
= ing in the freight they carry, the woI
!. derful mineral and agricultural product
u9 of the regions through which they ruI
- The artists of the country, no matt
:. what may be their work, whether wit
"a brush or pencil, on paper, enamel, meta
~ or cloth, will be represented by an extel
- sive collection, q special pavilion beir
= set apart for this purpose. Meanwhile
~ until ready for shipment, this class
~, ~, exhibits, II properly packed, will
.n' stored by the directors in safety depot
- vaults.
~ The Earl Of Dunraven and the Earl
Nv ~ Mayo are amonga committee of 80 ge
N tlemen who are collecting all the pure
IL American hunting trophies owned
w England by the gentlemen sportsm
=, who have crossed the Atlantic to kill b
. . game, and will place them at the dispof
81 of the council for exhibition.
sa Buffalo Bilr' will also be present wi
If his "Wild West" speoialties in the sha
al of roueh-riding cowboys, buckil
bronchos, and Unframed Indians.
~ short, the exhibition will be america
la miniature" and our stolid Engli
his cousins will enjoy the luxury Of agenui
hav sensation.
w Looking around the 20 acres, their ey
ma will rest on the Yosemite and Yellowsto1
rad the gigantic fruit of the Golden Stat
49, the human. like automRta that sweep
~ wheat fields OF the west; the msmmc
n.y. NJ vegetables that leave holes in the grou
III big enough for cellars; fossils vi
~ ~ strang geological histories; ores, miner
- and precious stones from our mountai
~ cotton passing from the field to the
RI -bYifsS- the food we cot and tlrids
i o. drins The light we burn ana the b
IS, that warns us, tine cradles we are rocl
-, in and the collins we are buried in
1an; rolling palaces in which We span the c
~ tinent and the weapons with which
Eel use to shoot buffalo and deer while SIX
nsr ming across the prairies-an these an
IN IN thousand other things will be there
,,n-a make the foreigner feel as If he had b
,on;. invited to q banquet of marvels.
81 n can doubt that such an exhibition viii
5ndi. CT surprising interest